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Today’s complex challenges call for citizens who can identify shared interests and work together to achieve common goals. Join us to find others shaping the future of our state.

The Emerging Issues Commons is North Carolina’s space to “Think-and-Do.” People come together in the Commons to solve pressing challenges by inspiring and engaging others through ideas, data, and stories of others successfully grappling with change. Join us in this space, and turn your ideas into action.

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How do we train, retain and support world-class teachers in every classroom to secure North Carolina’s future competitiveness?
Learn more about our 29th annual Emerging Issues Forum and the outcomes here.

The face of manufacturing is changing, and North Carolina is well positioned to take advantage of these opportunities. We can bring more wealth and prosperity to our communities with manufacturing but we have to plan for the future – and in the right ways.

Creativity is now the world’s most valuable commodity: it can’t be outsourced or automated, and it generates the innovations that lead to new businesses and industries. North Carolina needs more of it. See how North Carolinians are unleashing their creativity.